Printable NCAA Tournament Bracket: Downloadable Sheet, Round of 64 Upset Picks

If you're one of those people who like to print dozens of brackets and fill each out until you've found one that looks like a winner, then join the club. You certainly aren't alone.

Instinctively, many bracket-fillers look to put the higher-seeded team through to the next round most of the time. It's honestly hard to argue with that logic, as one would assume that the squad that fared better during the regular season should enjoy similar success in the NCAA tournament.

But there's a reason it's called March Madness. Upsets happen, and they ruin brackets in the process. That is, of course, unless you're prepared.

There are a handful of potential upsets in the round of 64 that you must be aware of before filling out your bracket.

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No. 13 Eastern Washington over No. 4 Georgetown

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Georgetown is the easy pick here given the Hoyas' No. 4 seed, but Eastern Washington is the pick that will push your bracket to the top of your pool. Why? Tyler Harvey.

The sophomore guard is the nation's leading scorer, dropping 22.9 points per game on 47 percent shooting. And it's not a fluke, either. He averaged 21.8 points and shot 44.3 percent from the floor as a freshman for the Eagles.

As the most potent scorer in the nation, Harvey is a threat to even the top teams on the schedule. Georgetown, a 10-loss team during the regular season, is certainly susceptible to an early-round upset at the hands of arguably one of the toughest players to defend in college basketball.

Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com tweeted why he's so hard to guard:

For the sake of argument, let's say that Harvey doesn't completely take over. The Eagles can also lean on 6'8" forward Venky Jois, a junior who averaged 16.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game this season. He converted on 60.8 percent of his field-goal attempts, a ridiculous mark that puts him among the most efficient forwards in the country.

Sam Vecenie of CBSSports.com thinks this depth is partially the reason why Eastern Washington can win.

"Given their ability to score in a variety of different ways from a bunch of different sources—along with their ability to get hot from 3-point range, as they're probably one of the top three teams in the country at utilizing it—this is a solid candidate for an upset," he writes.

The Hoyas are over-seeded. A 10-loss season—including two losses against both Xavier and Providence and one loss against St. John's—should have resulted in a much lower seed.

Look for Eastern Washington to earn the upset and move on to the round of 32.

No. 12 Stephen F. Austin over No. 5 Utah

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The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Utah Utes enter the tournament on very different trajectories. The Lumberjacks notched wins in 28 of their last 29 games, whereas the Utes were only victorious in three of their last seven.

The Utes defense will have its hands full against a team that Vecenie describes as a "meticulous buzzsaw of offensive efficiency." The Lumberjacks averaged 79.5 points and 17.8 assists per game, with the latter number leading the country. This unselfish play makes Stephen F. Austin a candidate to earn the not-so-uncommon 12-over-5 upset.

USA Today's Nicole Auerbach also likes their chances:

The true mark of a winning team often comes down to the sum of its parts, not the strength of its best player. This is why the Lumberjacks have a chance to not only defeat Utah, but be a force in this tournament. This team shot 49.1 percent from the floor on the year, led by stellar marks from Thomas Walkup (57.1 percent) and Jacob Parker (52.6 percent).

So many players can kill the defense for Stephen F. Austin. Walkup and Parker are the primary threats, but five players in total averaged at least 8.4 points per game this year. Six players shot at least 45 percent from the field.

Simply put, there are few players on this roster whom a defense can afford to leave wide-open.

Utah is scuffling and Stephen F. Austin hasn't been challenged in quite some time. This should be an easy upset pick.

No. 12 Wyoming over No. 5 Northern Iowa

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This one's a bit of a stretch, to be fair. Northern Iowa is one of the nation's best shooting teams, checking into the tournament with a mark of 48.3 percent.

The Panthers also have a clear hierarchy on offense, as junior guard Matt Bohannon told Nick Kosmider of The Denver Post: "I think it points to where we want to the ball to go first, and that starts with (guards) Deon (Mitchell) and Wes (Washpun) with the ball in their hands making plays, and then obviously going through Seth (Tuttle) on the inside."

But there's something about the Wyoming Cowboys defense that will keep this game within reach for the offense. Wyoming allowed just 56.0 points per game during the season, ranking eighth in the nation. The offense scores a modest 61.7 points per contest, so it will be difficult for the Cowboys to run opponents out of the gym.

Strong defensive performances often stifle efficient offenses, especially a Northern Iowa offense that didn't face the most difficult competition in the Missouri Valley Conference. Outside of Wichita State and Illinois State, no other team in the conference won over 15 games.

You'd be remiss to not consider Wyoming, even if you only give the Cowboys a 50-50 shot at taking down the Panthers.

An energetic defensive showing could lead to easy points in transition for the Cowboys, and that's a very simple way for an offensively challenged club to get points on the board in a hurry. Look for them to do just that in the round of 64.

Kenny DeJohn is a Breaking News Team Featured Columnist. Follow him on Twitter.